Enoch Henry Light (born Canton, Ohio, 18 August 1907, died Redding, Connecticut 31 July 1978) was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer.

Enoch Light was the A&R chief and vice-president of Grand Award Records, he founded Command Records in 1959. Light's name was prominent on many albums both as musician and producer. In the 1930s Light studied conducting with the French conductor Maurice Frigara in Paris... more bio at Wikipedia | Search Amazon.com for Enoch Light



 

AUGUST 15 birthday of pop violinist Florian Zabach

1918

Violinist Florian ZaBach was born on August 15, 1918. He died, February 25, 2006. ZaBach was an American musician and TV personality. His recording of "The Hot Canary" sold a million copies and reached the top 15 on the Pop charts in 1951. "Believe It or Not" timed his violin performance of "The Flight of the Bumblebee" and wrote, "he plays 12.8 notes per second ... faster than any known violinist in history". He hosted a television show in 1954 that was aired in cities around the world. For his work on television, ZaBach has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6505 Hollywood Blvd. Wikipedia | Search 
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AUGUST 13

John Cacavas (born August 13, 1930 in Aberdeen, South Dakota) is a composer and conductor, well known for his television scores, notably Kojak.

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Sir George Shearing, OBE (August 13, 1919 – February 14, 2011) was an Anglo-American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles, he had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s.[1] He died of heart failure on February 14, 2011 in New York City, at the age of 91.

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AUGUST 8

Alfred Hause (August 8 1920 in Ibbenbüren, - January 14th 2005 in Hamburg) was a German violinist, conductor and musical director. The "German Tango King" played a big part in the reconstruction of musical culture in Germany after the Second World War. He created his legendary 'Continental Tango Sound'. He returned home in 1945 to join the Geiger Willy Steiner band. Steiner had a gig at that time in Hamburg for the North West German Radio NWDR. Hause was concertmaster and then led the string section. In 1948 he became head of the dance and entertainment of the orchestra NWDR. Became well known by his numerous radio and recordings, as well as appearances on TV shows of Peter Frankenfeld and Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, and in the numerous radio broadcasts of Hans Rosenthal. In 1961 he formed his orchestra and recorded the title "Bailando a dos" which went to 1st place at the first Deutsche Schlager-Festival in Baden-Baden. 1965 and 1967 his orchestra had a successful tour of Japan, for Polydor in collaboration with the Nippon Grammophon Co. Since the late 50s he worked with James Last under the name Hans Last at NWDR as the arranger for Franz Thon and Alfred Hause. With NWDR (later NDR) he remained until his retirement in 1973. In 1996 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit. His urn is located in the Chapel Columbarium 11 at the cemetery Ohlsdorf Hamburg. Search Amazon.com for Alfred Hause